JELENIA GÓRA, CIEPLICE ŚLĄSKIE-ZDRÓJ. View of Cieplice; engraving. J. Carmine, Augsburg, ca. 1800; mirror-image inscription above upper frame: PROSPECT VON HIRSCHBERG; view from the Guckkastenblatt series - intended to be viewed in the so-called magic lantern; copper. hand-colored, frame and glass, condition db., minor creases and mild soiling of margins damage to frame at bottom, dark spots and soiling on frame; plate dimensions approx. 417x310 mm; trilingual title - in Italian: Veduta di Warmbrun, appresso Hirschberg, / in German: Ansicht von Warmbrunn beÿ Hirschberg, / in French: Vue du Warmbrun près Hirschberg.
Joseph Carmine came from an Italian family. He had been associated with Augsburg since at least 1788 when he became a citizen of that city and established a publishing house there. He was known for having inscriptions on his works in three languages: Italian, German and French. He showed what cities looked like in the early 19th century.
